✿Fabaceae · Sophora
Sophora wightii
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya
- Flowering
- March-May
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glaucous (waxy blue-grey bloom)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sophora wightii itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sophora wightii itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Sophora wightii
Sophora wightii belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya. It grows in margins of shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to May.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Sophora wightii belongs to the Fabaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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